Where does “commentator” come from?

commentator (Latin) comes from Latin commentor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

commentator (Latin): second-person singular future active imperative...

Definitions

  1. second-person singular future active imperative...

Ancestry of “commentator”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincommentorI consider thoroughly, think over, deliberate,...
2Latin-tor-er
3Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
4Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
5Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “commentator”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin commentor →